51/61 It is of no avail when we anxiously cry, 'Whence have we come, and whither are we going ?' The wisest course for us is to lie quietly by the banks and let ourselves drift--the blue sky above us, and the breaking of the waves beneath us. From time to time we come to some fragrant lotus-flower, which we may gather." And when Wilhelm complained that the philosophy of the world is so egoistic, Dr.Schrotter answered, "Egoism is a word. Every living being strives after something he calls happiness, and all happiness is only a spur goading us on to the search. It belongs to the peculiar organism of a healthy being that he should be moved by sympathy. He cannot be happy if he sees others suffering. |